Detachable heel for shoes.



H. H. HAZELTINE. DETAGHABLE HEEL FOR SHOES. APPLIOATION FILED B11022,1910 1,052,441 Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

arrangement of theparts will readily suggest themselves to othersskilled in the art, Without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention and I do not therefore dcsire to be limited to the exact formof embodiment herein shown and described.

While I have shown the female member as attached to the shoe it isobvious that the male member maybe, with equal efficiency, attachedthereto, the only advantage being that it the male member be attached soas to receive the brunt of the wear, in use, the durability is muchgreater.

Having fully described my invention What I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent of the United States is l. The combinationwith a shoe of a heel having an upper and a lower section. a re cess inthe upper section having downwardly con-verging rear and side walls andits front wall substantially straight. a spring locking plate in saidrecess of a length slightly greater than the roof of said recess, adownwardly projecting lip integral with said locking plate, a projectionfrom the.

lower section having upwardly diverging rear and sidewalls, a shoulderupon the-forward portion of said projection adapted to snap over theedge of said lip when the projection is fitted into the recess, achannel through the straight wall of said recess adapted to admit thepassage of a relatively slender instrument therethrough and between saidlip and said shoiilder whereby the former is sprung out of the forwardpath of the latter and the parts unlocked.

2. The combiuatlon n a shoe heel having an upper and a lower semion, arecess in the upper section having downwardly converging rear and sidewalls and its front Wall substantially straight. a spring locking platein said recess of a length slightly greater than the roof of saidrecess, a downwardly projecting lip integral with said locking plate, aprojection from the lower section having upwardly diverging rear andside walls. a shoulder upon said projection adapted to snap over theedac of said lip when the projection is fitted into the recess, achannel through the straight Wall of said recess adapted to admit thepassage of a relatively slender instrument therethrough, and betweensaid lip and said shoulder whereby the former is sprung out of theforward path of the latter and the parts unlocked.

HARRY H. HAZELTINE. Witnesses:

FRED P. Gonna, H. RUPERT.

